DANGER AFLOAT! ABOVE, BELOW AND ACROSS THE SEAS...WITH THE HEROIC MEN OF THE COAST GUARD!

On hearing of the attack on Pearl Harbor, a hobo decides to join the Coast Guard under an assumed name -- because he deserted the Navy years before due to gambling debts. What follows is a combination of melodrama and suspense, as he gets tangled up in the lives of another military family, succumbs once again to his gambling addiction, and risks his life defusing Japanese-laid mines off the California coast.

Low-budget but somewhat satisfying (and dark) tale of fear and redemption.


This movie is part of the collection: Feature Films

Director: William Berke
Producer: William H. Pine, William C. Thomas
Production Company: Pine-Thomas
Audio/Visual: mono, b&w
Language: English
Keywords: military; coast guard; navy; mine; minesweeper; wwii; propaganda; melodrama; richard arlen; poverty row; redemption; gambling; false identity; japanese; low budget; robert mitchum; desertion; awol; diving; pearl harbor;

Creative Commons license: Public Domain

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Reviewer: derkman96 - - January 25, 2011
Subject: darn
darn... I was hoping for this movie: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHY8NKj3RKs

Reviewer: Dr Feel Rotten - - January 25, 2011
Subject: Pretty good flick
I enjoyed this one.. hiding out from the navy and rejoins under an assumed name..

Credits

Original screenplay by: Edward T. Lowe and Maxwell Shane

Original Music by Mort Glickman

Cinematography by Fred Jackman, Jr.